Perennial no-hopers India have no realistic hopes of making to the final round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Nevertheless, the world’s second most populous country has embarked on a qualification journey to join the select nations which will play in the South American country. India has never featured in […]
Liberia’s Suspended Information Minister Resigns
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Our Staff Reporter The suspended Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Laurence Bropleh, who has been at the center of an over US$300,000 financial scandal at the Ministry announced his resignation late Friday. Dr. Bropleh’s resignation came in the wake of a draft audit report from the […]
Educating America: Does Bill Gates Need A Tax Write-Off?
It was reported in the mainstream media sources that Bill Gates and his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have formally entered into a partnership to encourage the youth in this country to get educated and graduate with Viacom, the owner of MTV, Nickelodeon and other televised media outlets. Mr. Gates indicated he was supporting this mission in order […]
Nigeria, others race against time in the fight against malaria
WITH merely two years to meet the global targets of delivering effective, affordable protection against the debilitating disease, BEN UKWUOMA and CHUKWUMA MUANYA write that recent efforts by the international community, have led to hopes that malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem before the end of the next decade. It is a […]
Obama sees ‘glimmers of hope’
Reporting from Washington — President Obama, walking a fine line between optimism and caution, said Friday that there were "glimmers of hope" for the economy but warned that substantial, potentially difficult government action was still necessary to ensure a healthy recovery. "We are starting to see progress," Obama said after huddling with senior members of […]
Watch Out for War Anarchy or Revolution
I am back after attending the Asia Media Conclave, organized by the Asia Media Forum and Asia Resource Foundation, on March 25-27, 2009 at Bangkok, Thailand. There were about 75 journalists from 20 Asian countries gathered there and took part in the deliberations that went on for three days on various issues pertaining to media […]